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Medical Terms Ch 3

Dermatology

TermDefinition
Adip/o-, lip/o, steat/o- fat
Cutane/o-, derm/o-, dermat/o- skin
Pil/o-, trich/o- hair
Hidr/o- sweat
Squam/o- scale
Onych/o-, ungu/o- nail
Seb/o-, sebace/o- oil
Kerato- hard, horny
Xero- dry
Crypto- hidden
Leuko-, alb- white
Erythro- red
Xantho- yellow
Melano- black
Dermatalgia/ dermatodynia painful skin
Pruritus severe itching
Urticaria hives
Seborrhea chronic skin condition of abnormal cornification (eczema)
Xerosis dry skin
Macerate softening of skin
Hyperhidrosis excessive sweating
Anhidrosis no sweat
Depigmentation skin loses pigment
Hyperpigmentation skin has to much pigment
Alopecia baldness
Hypertrichosis too much hair
Comedo whitehead or blackhead
Vesicles < 1 cm, filled with clear fluid
Bullae > 1 cm, filled with clear fluid
Pustules filled with pus
Abscesses large pustules
Macules small flat spots
Patches large macules
Cherry angioma raised blood vessels
Telangiectasia flat blood vessels
Petechiae small bruise
Ecchymosis large bruise
First- degree burn only affects epidermis, superficial
Second- degree burn affects epidermis and part of the dermis layer
Third-degree burn affects epidermis and entire layer of dermis
Fourth- degree burn affect all layers of skin, muscles, tendon, and bone
Cicatrix scar of healed wound
Keloid abnormal proliferation of scar tissue from previous injury
Nevus benign growth on skin
Dysplastic nevus a mole that looks different from most
Verruca wart
-lysis loose
Created by: kayhun3437
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